R&d Operational Excelence Analyst

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**Responsibilities**:
**The Opportunity**

The Operation Excellence Senior Analyst plays a key role, ensuring the high quality of R&D documentation and the global ingredient standard supporting medium and high complexitiy projects, while accelerating digital transformation, integrating and harmonizing R&D business processes throughout the LATAM region.

**Your Impact**

As R&D Operational Excelence Analyst your functions would consist of:

- Ensure the integrity and high quality of ingredients, products and processes Documentation, supporting projects of medium and high complexity, in partnership with the Product Developers and TDC, for Innovation, Productivity and Business Continuity agenda, ensuring full compliance with the requirements of the Technical Stage Gate, for the Food category, in South America.
- Provides training on the use of SAP/PLM and troubleshooting.
- Supports end users in the use of the SAP/PLM system to deliver digitized specifications for the PepsiCo Foods portfolio, ensuring that they are available for consultation and use during manufacturing and the supply chain.
- Transfers specification data from R&D to the supply chain/manufacturing by initiating, creating and updating Material Master keys and BOMs (Bill of Material) in SAP.
- Supports the review and updating of internal controls to ensure compliance with PepsiCo's requirements and guidelines.
- Participates in the data cleaning and maintenance processes in SAP for regional digital transformation efforts, supporting the Operating Units in South America (Brasil, SOCO and Andean).
- Collaborate with the LDBS (LatAm Data Business Services) team to follow up Material Master workflows in SAP.
- Ensures compliance with information security guidelines based on its classification to guarantee its correct handling inside and outside PepsiCo.
- Adopts regional R&D business processes to ensure efficient connection with cross-functional teams.
- Participates in the development of process automation focused on achieving efficiencies and continuous improvement.
- Execute and comply with the requirements of the Global Ingredient Standards (GIS/PQP) by building a strong connection with external suppliers and documenting new or existing ingredient specifications.
- Replicate and Load specifications into SAP PLM or other system.
- Bring digital solutions to simplify R&D ways of working.
- Execute plans to ensure R&D Data Sustain and SAP-PLM adoption in Brasil, SOCO and Andean.
- Support the qualification and approval of suppliers according to the global quality protocol (SQA).
- Work with external suppliers to ensure compliance with ingredients, product and process specifications.
- Write specifications of raw materials, semi-finished, finished products and process.
- Work with Project Leaders to ensure that project timeline compliance.
- Lead projects of medium and high complexity in order to have a critical experience as a product developer.
- Support operational training related to new technology or product.
- Flexibility to coordinate industrial, pilot plant or laboratory tests for new products, processes and/or equipment.
- Participate in project meetings of the functional team.
- Ensure LatAm process harmonization in collaboration with the OpEx team based in Mexico.
- Ensure the confidentiality of R&D information and company strategy.

Qualifications:
**Who Are We Looking For?**
- Research and Development or Process area with interface with R&D - minimum experience of 2- 3 years
- Food Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Production Engineering and others).
- Desirable technical knowledge on the Snacks, Cookies & Crackers, Dairy and/or Grains platform.
- ** Language**: English and Spanish (min intermediate). Desirable Portuguese
- Intellectual and technical curiosity.
- Risk manangement and Process Oriented.
- Strong commitment and responsibility.
- Organization and prioritization